Richard Adams (Writer)

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

Release Date1983-05-28

Charactersd P.O.W. #1

Vote Count502

Wisdom

Inspired by the idea that the greatest gift one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, 'Wisdom' seeks to create a record of a group of people over the age of 65 who have all made their mark on the world.

Release Date2008-10-07

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

Hollywood's Master of Myth: Joseph Campbell - The Force Behind Star Wars

Documentary charting the contribution to Hollywood movies made by writer Joseph Campbell, whose ideas about mythic structure helped shape Star Wars.

Release Date1999-07-18

Charactersd Self

Watership Down

When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.

Release Date1978-10-14

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count670

Watership Down

Fleeing their doomed warren, a group of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home.

Release Date2018-12-22

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count2

Vote Count80

Watership Down

Follows the lives of a group of rabbits as they leave their endangered warren in search of a safe new home. They travel across the English countryside, braving perilous danger, until they find a hill called Watership Down, where they begin a new warren. However, they face various threats and are soon forced to defend their home and lives.

Release Date1999-09-28

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count39

Vote Count13

The Plague Dogs

Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, struggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.

Release Date1982-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count279

The Girl in a Swing

A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he knows virtually nothing about her. She insists on not being married in a church, and after they are married, some bad things from her past begin surfacing in subtly supernatural ways, and he must find the best way to deal with them without destroying their relationship.

Release Date1988-09-29

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count14